Sheet-metal tile.



P. H. GROSS. SHEET METAL TILE. APPLICATION FILED JAILZB; 190's.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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F. H. GROSS. SHEET METAL TILE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1901;.

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UNETED STATES FERDINAND H. GRSS, OF WASHINGTON, INDIANA.

SHEET-METAL TILE.

No. 908,248. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed January 28, 1908. Serial No. 418,039.

useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Tile,

of which the following is a specification.

Th1s, 1nvention is an nnproved metallic tile adapted for use on root's,turrets, spires and other structures and also adapted for use for otheranalogous purposes and the same consists in the construction andarrangement oi devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The obj eet of this invention is to provide a novel 'l'orm of metallictile or rooting plate, which may be readily applied to or removed from aroot and which is so constructed as to interlocl-i with adjacent tilesand coact there with to prevent rain water from entering between them.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportion of a roof partly covered by my improved metallic tile. Fig. 2 isa vertical. sectional view of the same taken on the plane indicatedbythe line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of thesame taken on the plane indicated by the line 5' 3 ol' Fig; 1. l ig. 4isa detailed perspective view, showing the upper side of one 01' myimproved metallic tiles. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the. lowerside thereof. Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view 01' the metallicstrip which is employedto secure the lower row of the tiles to the loweredge of the root.

My improved metallic tile 1. is made of suitablcsheet metal such ascopper, tin or galvanized iron and is of suitable length and breadth andis of substantially oblong rec; tangular form with one of its lowercorners at what I will term its outer edge rounded as at 2-. The saidtile isstruch up from a suitable sheet metal blanlr itihich provideslugs 3 at the upper corners of the tile having openings .for thereception oi nails whereby the tile may lie secured on a roof, :1.flange 4 being provided at the upper edge of the tile, between the saidlugs 25. The said flange is outturned and caused to overhang the up orportion oi the tile. A flange 5 is provider at the lower edge of thetile, which isin-turned and disposed under such tile and extendslongitudinally thereof from the inner edge of the tilenearly to theouter edge thereof. 'At

the inner ed go of the tile is a flange 6 which is g out-turned so as tooverhang such inner edge and at the outer edge of the tile is adownturned flange 7 which terminates downwardly in the rounded cornerportion2. Such flanged outer edge of eachtile is adapted to lie on thenext adjacent tile which is in hori-' zontal alinement therewith and ata suitable distance from the inner flange 6 of such adj acent tile sothat each tile at one side overhangs its fellowpartially, and theout-turned inner flanges 6 of the respective tiles form gutters whichserve to prevent rain water which enters between the partially overlap)ed Sides of the tiles from reaching the reel and causes such water tobe discharged on to the next lower layer of tiles. The inturned lowerflange 5 of each tile engages the out-turned upper flange 4 of the nexttile below, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, so that the tilesbecome interlocked, the upper flange of each lower tile serving tosecure thelower end of the next partially overlapped tile above and alsoconcealing the up or portion of such lower tile and protecting t e nailsthat secure it on the roof boardfrom'corrosion. The curved lower outercorners 2 of the tiles give the same a highly ornamental appearance whenthe-tiles are laidon the roof.

-- To secure the lowest layer of tiles to the strip 8, which is made ofsheet metal of suitable length and breadth, struck up to form an upperportion or wing 9 to bear on-the upper surface of a roof, said wing 9having openings for the reception of nails employed to secure suchstrips to the roof. Such wing 9 is provided on its upper side withshoulders 1.1 against which the inner ends of the flanges 5 of thelowest tier of, tile plates bear, such upper wing presenting inclinedsurfaces 12 between sue 1 shoulders on which the flanges 5 of the lasttier of tiles rest, such wing 9 being provided at its upper edge without-turned flanges 13 which are engaged by such flanges 5 of the lasttier of tiles and serve to lock the lower edges of such tiles.

Having thus deseri bed the invention, what is claimed, is:- I i 1.. Ametallic tile or root plate having'a substantially triangulardown-turned flange at one side edge, the bottom of said flange flangewhen the tileis in place on a roof serving to laterally incline saidtile. 1

2. A metallic tile or root plate having an out-turned overhanging flangeat its inner lower edge of a roof, I provide a 'metallic converging tothe upper edge of said tile, said.

side edge ands down-turned flange at outer side edge, said down-turnedflange extending wholly'belowthe plane of-said 'body portion,. beingsubstantially triangular in form, having its lower edge converging tothe upper edge of said tile, said down-tinned flange serving when thetile is in place tolatoverhanging flange at itsinner side edge forming agutter, and a down-turned flange boa-rims at its outer side edgeyincombination with an attachingstrip adapted to be-secured one. 5-

roof and presenting alaterally inclined face for engagement by the lowerside of such tile and shoulders at the ends 1 of such inclined face.

in presence of two Witnesses. g 7 FERDINANDH fGROSS;

'Witnesses:

' ELLA BROWN,"

J. P. SMITH;

Intestimony whereof, I afibr my signatiu'e 20 I

